Monthly Archives: August 2014

…as seen by the fact that traffic is back. With a vengeance. I managed to go round the motorway site where, apparently, a couple of cars had to be loaded on flatbeds under police supervision – not that I know … Continue reading →

Doing pulled beef – or, some would say, I’m not… It’s a pre-cooked thing that needs half an hour in the oven, a bit of pulling and a spicy sauce mix-up. But sometimes, Sundays are like that – this one’s … Continue reading →

Artificial sun. Aka streetlight. “The sky was Bible black in Lyon When I met the Magdalene She was paralysed in a streetlight She refused to give her name” Bitter Suite, Marillion. The photo above – along with … Continue reading →

That was a lovely, varied, sun-shiny – and did I say lovely? – summer vacation! A week in Barcelona. Now, that city has a lot to offer – in terms of food, sights, weather, ambience, you name it. We’d been … Continue reading →

"Frantic inquiries led to the discovery that he was standing on a beach on Santraginus V over a hundred light years away where, he claimed, he had been happy over half an hour now and had found a small stone that would be his friend."
Douglas Adams